Saturday, January 22, 2011

Ace in The Hole/The Girl Who Played in The Fire/Kentucky Fried Movie/Today''s Trends/OMD tour dates

Ace in the Hole- excellent Billy Wilder movie about the press and manipulation of events to make stories seem larger than life.Kirk Douglas is a down on his luck reporter that stumbles onto a story that may change his fortune.That change in fortune may cost others- but he is determined to get the big story.The criterion collection has a scholarly but entertaining commentary and several featurettes and interviews.Well worth checking out. A+

The Girl Who Played with Fire- the sequel to the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.Slower moving than the previous installment- if I was not already invested in the characters I doubt I would have finished this movie.Not terrible- but not on par with the first movie nor motivating me to finish the triology. C+

Some audio clips from the above movie-right click and save or click and listen